Articles Tagged "Alexco"

Alexco Achieves Commercial Production at Bellekeno

Alexco Resource Corp. (TSE:AXR) declares commercial production to have been achieved as of January 1, 2011 at its 100% owned Bellekeno silver-lead-zinc mine and mill complex in the Keno Hill Silver District.

Alexco Confirms Extension of Lucky Queen Silver Deposit

Alexco Resource Corp. (TSE:AXR,AMEX:AXU) announces additional results from the 2010 surface core drilling program at its Lucky Queen property in the Keno Hill silver district, Yukon Territory.

Alexco Resources has cut 49-oz Silver at Bellekeno

Alexco Resource Corp. of Vancouver has intersected 7.8 metres of core that assayed 1,693.4 g/t Ag in the 99 zone of the former Bellekeno mine in the Keno Hill Silver District. The same intersection from hole BKUD09-067 returned 0.443 g/t Au, 8.14% Pb and 8.25% Zn. For full story, click here

Alexco enters into silver purchase agreement

Alexco Resource Corp. reports that it has entered into a silver purchase agreement with Silver Wheaton Corp. Alexco will receive an up-front deposit payment from Silver Wheaton of US$50 million, plus a further payment of the lesser of US $3.90 (increasing by 1% per annum after the third year of full production) and the prevailing market [...]

Silver Wheaton acquires 25% of life of mine silver production

Silver Wheaton Corp. reports the agreement of 25% purchase of life of mine silver produced by Alexco Resource at its Keno Hill project, Yukon Territory, Canada. Keno Hill is historically one of the highest-grade and most prolific silver producing districts in the world. Silver Wheaton will pay Alexco US$50 million to acquire 25% of all payable silver produced from the [...]

Alexco reports positive economic assessment on Bellekeno deposit

Alexco Resource reports NI 43-101 compliant preliminary economic assessment(PEA) Bellekeno deposit, Keno Hill silver district, Yukon Territory. The PEA results indicate a project with average annual mine production of 3.3 million ounces of silver, 30.1 million pounds of lead and 24.5 million pounds of zinc over an initial 5 year mine life. The PEA indicates a base case [...]

Alexco confirms drill results at Keno Hill: silver mineralization

Alexco Resource Corp. reports initial results from its 2008 drilling program at Keno Hill project, Yukon. Exploration and infill drilling in the area of the historical Onek mine has continued to intersect and expand high grade zinc-silver mineralization previously identified in 2007. Alexco Resources expects to complete the planned initial 10,000 to 12,000 meter surface exploration drill program [...]